Combined leg and clasp for folding lounges



F. E. CAMPBELL.

' COMBINED LEG FOLDINQLOUNGES. No. 279,536. Patented JunelQ, 1883.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. CAMPBELL, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

COMBINED LEG AND CLASP FOR FOLDING LOUNGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,536, dated June 19,1883. Application filed October 28, 18192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1', FRANK E. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of .Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful I1nprovements in a Combined Leg and Clasp for Folding Lounges; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention pertains to an improvement in folding lounge or sofabedlegs and clasps, having for its object to serve as a leg for the hingedsection of tl 1e lounge or bed'when opened or unfolded, and as a claspfor securing the parts in their foldedtogether position; and it consistsin the employment of a longitudinallyslotted plate or appliance having abeak or hook and a notch or recess at one end, arranged upon oppositesides thereof, in connection with a headed pin or stud, and a shoulder:disposed preferably upon a common plate, and a projection arranged alsopreferably upon another plate, substantially as hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l 1 shows my invention or appliancein the capacity of a clasp. Fig. 2 shows it in a similar capacity, butenlarged and inverted; and Fi 3 shows it in the capacity of a leg. 1

In putting my invention into practice, I employ a plate or appliance, A,preferably of cast metal, with a slot, (1., in it, extending nearly fromend to end thereof. At one end it is provided with ahooked projection,I), and a notch or recess, 0, disposed upon opposite sides thereof, thenotch being arranged upon its extreme upper end to enable it to supportor receive the weight upon itself, as presently seen.

B is a bracket or casting, screwed or other wise suitably fastened tothe bed portion or bottom of the lounge or sofa at its front. The

casting or bracket has a projection, d, at one side thereof, over whichfits or hooks the beak or hooked projection b of the plate A, as seen inFigs. 1 and 2.

O is a second bracket or casting, suitably secured to the hinged orfolding section of the lounge or sofa, and having the headed stud or pin6, passed through the slot a of the plate A, and upon which the saidplate is adapted to slide, and having a shoulder, f, which enters thenotch or recess 0 of the plate A, as seen in Fig. 3.

The appliance, when used as a clasp, the folding section of the loungebeing closed, is adjusted upon the headed stud or pin 0, so as to causeits hooked projection I) to take over the projection (Z of the castingB, and the lower end of its slot a to rest or bear against the pin 0 ofthe bracket 0. \Vhen used as a leg, the folding section of the loungebeing opened, the plate A is reversed end for end,

and its notch or recess 0 caused to receive the shoulder f,-while itslower end rests on the floor, thus supporting said section of the loungeor bed in a level position with the bottom thereof, as seen in Fig.

This invention is very simple, inexpensive, and effectual for thepurposes for which it is intended to be used.

Iain aware that it is not new to provide the folding part of a foldinglounge with a pivoted leg having a hook to engage with a stud on thestationary part of the lounge.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a folding lounge, acombined leg and clasp consisting of a sliding andlongitudinallyslottedplate having at one end a hook and notch or recess, and means forrigidly holding the' leg in position, when the lounge is open, 1

and for locking the folding and stationary parts when closed, as andforthe purpose set forth. 1

2. The combined leg and clasp consisting of the longitudinally-s1ottedplate A, having at one end the hook I) and the notch or recess (1, andof the bracket B, having the projection (I, and the bracket C, havingheaded stud or pin 6 and shoulder f, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, FRANK E. CAMPBELL.

Vitnesses WALTER D. J ONES, M. H. JONES.

